[Syrupmakers] Birds

[Alan Whitaker]

It's Hegari (higear) forage milo.  Makes a real pleasant tasting grain,
little tannic acid.  So that's why the birds are eating it.  I have
sparrows and other small birds along with red birds and dove that are
partaking.  A lot of folks plant it for food plots for turkey and such.
But the grain is so nice, white and easy to mill I just had to try it
again.  But the birds............


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Susanna Dzejachok <sdzejachok at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Your OP milo must be tasty.  What is the variety and what kind of birds
> are eating it?
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Alan Whitaker <whitaker.j.alan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> How does your sorghum fare with the birds?  Do the birds eat the seed
>> before you can collect it?  I'm growing an OP milo that I was going to use
>> for flour in my mill, but the birds are wiping it out before it even
>> ripens.  I was planning to grow some sorghum for syrup and seed next year,
>> but was concerned how it does with birds.
>>
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>> Alan Whitaker
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